calculation; self-interest; selfishness
chestnut (horse coat color)
distinctive; characteristic
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
common dace (Leuciscus leuciscus)
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending
person with an unhealthy romantic obsession
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
spirits; excitement; tension; tension (mental strain); anxiety
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage
to have a well-defined character (of a fictional character); to stand out as a character
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood
to make advances (to); to woo; to work on someone
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
doer; performer; shite; protagonist; speculator
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
to set up shop; to open a store